In Piper Jaffray's semi-annual "Taking Stock With Teens Survey,"
the research firm confirmed that teen girls are wearing jeans for
the first time in a few years.

In a list of trends favored by upper-income females, "jeans"
cracked the top ten — coming in at number 8.

Piper
Jaffray

And while teen girls love athletic wear more than ever, this
chart illustrates that denim is seeing a slight revival.(This
time last year, Piper Jaffray note, denim was at 9%, and it's at
14% this year).

Piper
Jaffray

Still, it's worth noting that jeans still do not rule the fashion
sector for young women; their preferred trend is leggings (or
Lululemon apparel), proven that given the option, they'd probably
rather be comfortable.

This is a sharp detour from last year, when Piper Jaffray's
survey indicated that athleisure was usurping jeans.

Several brands felt the mounting pressure of athleisure's
constant rise.

Levi's CEO, Chip Bergh, had expressed concerned about
the rising trend of athleisure wear, Bloomberg had reported.
Additionally, Gap had heavily invested
in its Athleta brand, Sapna
Maheshwari at Buzzfeed had reported.

"My generation grew up wearing jeans — jeans are just a part of
our life, and it still is, Athleta executive Nancy Green
told Buzzfeed. "But this generation is growing up in yoga
pants and activewear. So I think it’s just going to be bigger and
bigger and bigger for the future."

However, given how many athletic-wear trends still remained
favorites amongst teens, the spike in jeans might not be
indicative of a denim renaissance; it just might be indicative of
how fickle the elusive Generation Z is.